A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Rouses Point is a village in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 2,277 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Jacques Rouse, an early settler. The Village of Rouses Point is in northeast part of the Town of Champlain and is north of Plattsburgh.